Red Balloon, The
General Info
Year: 1993
Duration: c. 2:55
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Queenwood / Kjos
Cost: Score and Parts - $35.00 | Score Only - $3.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Cornets/Trumpets I-II
Horn in F/ Tenor Saxophone (optional)
Low Brass and Woodwinds
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Claves
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
In Parts:
- Percussion, Suspended Cymbal, m. 81, beat 1: Remove tremolo
Program Notes
Inspired by a painting the composer once saw of an old man with a small child holding a red balloon, this descriptive piece is both evocative and moving. The music depicts the balloon floating in air.
-Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class C
- Georgia: II
- Iowa: II
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP III
- Kansas: II
- Louisiana: II
- Maryland: II
- Michigan: Junior High D
- North Carolina: III
- Ohio: OMEA Junior High School Band B
- South Carolina: II
- Texas: II. Complete
- Virginia: III
- West Virginia: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Mast, conductor) – 14 October 2023
- Kansas State University (Manhattan) University Band (Sarah Kelley, conductor) - 26 April 2023
- Messiah University (Mechanicsburg, Penn.) Symphonic Winds (Travis Weller conductor) - 12 April 2022
- University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg) Symphonic Band (Julia Balmanis, conductor) - 27 February 2021
- Woodcreek High School (Roseville, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Brad North, conductor) – 8 May 2019
- Encuentro de Bandas Juveniles de Selección de N.L. (Monterrey, Mexico) (Daniel Marines, conductor) - 22 April 2018
- University of Louisville Community Band (Jason Cumberledge, conductor) - 20 February 2018
- Glencoe-Silver Lake (Minn.) 7/8 Band (Hasenfeffer, conductor) - 2013
- Austin Peay State University Symphonic Band (John Schnettler, conductor) - 19 April 2012
- SIS (Summerside, PEI) Grade 9 Concert Band (Peter Gallant, Conductor) - May 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alabama Folksong Fantasy (2007)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (1998)
- American Folk Trilogy (as arranger) (1992)
- American Rhapsody
- Amphion
- And the Heart Replies (1992)
- Athenian Festival (1990)
- Atlantis (1986)
- Bach: Air (as arranger) (c. 1730/)
- Bach: Chorale and Variation (as arranger) (1994)
- Chant Fantastique (2004)
- Chorale Prelude (1992)
- Clouds (1994)
- Discovery Overture (1985)
- Emily (The Ghost) (2008)
- Equinox (2009)
- A European Christmas (1984)
- A European Christmas II (1985)
- Glory (2005)
- Greensleeves Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
- Hall of Heroes (2000)
- Hieroglyphs (2003)
- Holton-Arms Fanfare (2001)
- Japanese Folk Trilogy (as arranger) (1996/2002)
- Kachina: Chant and Spirit Dance (1994)
- Kingstree Overture (2003)
- Kokopelli (2007)
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (2008)
- Long Way from Home
- Madrigal for Band (as arranger) (1994)
- Masques (1989)
- A Medieval Quest (2008)
- Neon (2004)
- The Power of One
- Prelude to a Festival (1983)
- Prometheus Overture (1984)
- Rachmaninoff Prelude (as arranger)
- The Red Balloon (1993)
- Riversong (2005)
- Satie: Three Gymnopédies (as arranger) (1888/1993)
- Sea Song Trilogy (1986/2014)
- Spirals (1995)
- Syntonos (1986)
- Tis a Gift (1997)
- To Keep Thine Honor Bright (2001)
- Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (as arranger) (1987)
- Variations and Theme (1979)
- Victorious (2006)
- The Wexford Carol (2002)
- Windsor Overture
- Wolsey's Wilde (as arranger) (2001)
Resources
- Anne McGinty website Accessed 12 September 2021
- McGinty, A. (1993). The Red Balloon [score]. Queenwood Publications: [United States]
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 225-233.
- Ripley, James, "New WASBE Series: Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands." WASBE, February 2023. Web. Accessed 4 February 2023
- Rudgers, Gregory B. The Red Balloon. MBM Times, Issue 6 (2012), 54.